The BSE Telecom index<\/a> was trading 1.05 per cent up at 1,166.49 around 02:40 pm.
ITI (up 1 per cent),Tata Communications (up 0.96 per cent), Himachal Futuristic Communications (up 0.81 per cent), GTPL Hathway (up 0.54 per cent) and Bharti Infratel (up 0.21 per cent) too featured among the gainers.
However, GTL Infrastructure (down 1.50 per cent), Reliance Communications (down 1.36 per cent), Vindhya Telelinks (down 1.02 per cent), Aksh Optifibre (down 0.65 per cent), Idea Cellular (down 0.38 per cent) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) (down 0.20 per cent) were the losers.
Positive global cues, strengthening rupee against the US dollar and healthy buying in most sectors were keeping the market up.
Benchmark BSE Sensex was up 476.15 points at 38,727.95, while the NSE Nifty50 index was up 139.25 points at 11,696.35.
Among the 50 stocks in the Nifty index, 46 were trading in the green, while 4 were in the red.
In the Sensex pack, barring Sun Pharma (down 1.02 per cent), all stocks were in the green.
PowerGrid, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Infosys were leading among Sensex scrips.<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":65560570,"title":"Mobiistar appoints Aniruddha Deb as the chief marketing officer","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/mobiistar-appoints-aniruddha-deb-as-the-chief-marketing-officer\/65560570","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[{"msid":"65561242","title":"Share market update: Bharti Airtel, Sterlite Technologies boost BSE Telecom index","entity_type":"IMAGES","seopath":"markets\/stocks\/news\/share-market-update-bharti-airtel-sterlite-technologies-boost-bse-telecom-index","category_name":"Share market update: Bharti Airtel, Sterlite Technologies boost BSE Telecom index","synopsis":"PowerGrid, State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Infosys were leading among Sensex scrips.","thumb":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/thumb\/img-size-134699\/65561242.cms?width=150&height=112","link":"\/image\/markets\/stocks\/news\/share-market-update-bharti-airtel-sterlite-technologies-boost-bse-telecom-index\/65561242"}],"msid":65561875,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Bharti Airtel, Sterlite Technologies boost BSE Telecom index","synopsis":"The BSE Telecom index was trading 1.05 per cent up at 1,166.49 around 02:40 pm","titleseo":"telecomnews\/bharti-airtel-sterlite-technologies-boost-bse-telecom-index","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETMarkets.com","artdate":"2018-08-27 15:33:45","lastupd":"2018-08-27 15:33:45","breadcrumbTags":["Bharti Airtel Ltd.","Sterlite Technologies Ltd.","markets","BSE Telecom index","Industry","Markets news","telecom stocks"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/bharti-airtel-sterlite-technologies-boost-bse-telecom-index"}}" data-news_link="//www.iser-br.com/news/bharti-airtel-sterlite-technologies-boost-bse-telecom-index/65561875">